Station 19 star Danielle Savre donates eggs to help gay best friend have baby via surrogate

She stars as bisexual fire captain character Maya Bishop on ABC’s Station 19.

And in real life, Danielle Savre is helping her best friend and his husband start a family.

The actress, 32, donated her eggs for pal Chris Ogden-Harkins and husband Jacob to use for surrogacy and now the couple are expecting a baby girl. 

‘We will be having a baby this November,’ Savre shared in an interview with local TV station ABC7 in Los Angeles. ‘This family is about to get bigger!’

Chris and Jacob are so excited about becoming dads that they’ve already named their daughter Aspen Grey and established an Instagram page for her.

Chris told ABC7 that Savre has ‘been so open, so willing to let us share, and be excited about our journey. And letting people know who are wanting to start a journey of their own, you can do it in many different ways.’

Savre herself explained: ‘I think we’re hoping this makes people less scared about approaching this.’ 

Meanwhile, Savre’s character closed out the season 4 finale of Station 19 by tying the knot with girlfriend Dr. Carina DeLuca, played by Stefania Spampinato. 

Back in October 2018, the actress revealed she felt ‘honored to play a bisexual character’ on the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.

‘I have a lot of friends that are part of the LGBTQ community and I have always taken pride in representing them in roles I have taken throughout the years,’ she explained in the Fall Issue of Retreat magazine.

‘I am very passionate about breaking certain stereotypes surrounding LGBTQ characters and advocating ways to diversify the stories that are being told,’ she said.